A former assistant general manager of Margaritaville Hotel in Pigeon Forge died yesterday morning (Thursday, November 2, 2017) after his car crashed and burst into flames in Sevierville. Police say the crash happened in the 3300 block of Winfield Dunn Parkway and the driver, 46-year-old Kenneth Mark Altman, of Kodak was killed. According to a witness statement, Altman was in a Ford Taurus allegedly driving erratic in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 when he pulled off at Exit 407 and went south on Highway 66. The Taurus almost hit another vehicle before veering onto the shoulder and hitting a concrete wall. The vehicle caught fire. Other drivers stopped and ran to Altman’s vehicle pulling him from the wreckage. He was pronounced dead by authorities. The crash remains under investigation.